Confection apparatus



June. 9, 1925. 1,541,378

J. PARCELL CONFECTION APPARATUS Filed Feb. 16, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 iNVENTOR ATTORNEP! J. PARCELL CONFECTION APPARATUS June 9, 1925.

Filed Feb. 16: 1 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR Xx. AME. BY M ATTORNEY Patented June 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES JOHN PARCELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CONFECTION APPARATUS.

Application filed February, 16, 1924. Serial No. 693,231.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI. JoIIN PARonLn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Confection Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, the same being a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to candy making apparatus and particularly to machines adapted to rapidly convert ordinary granulated sugar into fine threads or strands of candy and comprises means whereby the operation of the same will ensure the uniformity and fineness of the product.

One object of the invention is to provide a rotary vessel containing sugar and also means to melt the latter and to eject it in finely attenuated threads of spun sugar can y.

Another object of the invention is to pro- 25 vide means for keeping the sugar at a uniform degree of heat to prevent the burning or overheating thereof.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a heating ribbon comprising sections adapted to prevent the escape of the unmelted sugar therefrom and to strain the discharged melted sugar.

Another object of the invention is to provide means to prevent the heating of the sugar until the motor actuating the contamer thereof is operated.

Another object of the invention is to rovide means to vary the degree of heat given out by the heating medium without afiecting the power circuit.

Another object of the invention is the rovision of means for discharging the me ted sugar by centrifugal force through narrow interstices of the container thereof to produce floss candy.

Another ob'ect of the invention is to provide means w ereby electric current may be supplied first to the power circuit, then to both the power and heating circuits and finally to the power circuit alone, through the agency of a sin le switch.

, A still further 0 ject of the invention is the provision of means electrically operated to rotate a vessel containing a substance to be melted, and means to protect the electric mechanism from contact with the material ejected from. the vessel.

Another object of the invention is the provision of apparatus and actuating means therefor which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, efficient in operation and durable in practical use.

With these objects of the invention, and other objects and purposes, which will be described below, in view, the invention consists in the construction, arrangement, combination and operation of parts hereinafter set forth.

In, the drawings, illustrative of one embodiment of the invention, which accompany and form a part of this specification,

Figure 1 represents an elevation partly in section of an apparatus constructed according to my invention; Figure 2 is a plan view of the same; Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are views in detail of my heating ribbon and connections; Figure 8 is a diagrammatic View of the electric circuits employed by me; and

Figure 9 is a detail view of my ball bearing motor shaft support.

Referring more in detail to the drawings the'reference numeral 1 denotes a pedestal or base preferably having rubber feet and containing in the interior thereof a rheostat and an electric motor of suitable and desired description (not shown), the latter as well as my heating medium-in the present in stance a metal ribbon-being actuated by a switch, the handle 3 thereof projecting through the shell of said base. The handle 10 of a rheostat 10 electrically connected with my heating device also extending through the said shell.

The upper end of the shaft 27 of the motor carries spring fingers 5 which are clamped by the inverted cone shaped lower part of a cylinder 13 supporting insulated rings 5', 5 contacting the brushes 4, the upper portion of which cylinder supports 100 the bottom 14 of my spinning vessel or bowl. Above the said bottom is positioned an insulating disk 12 carrying plates attached to wires 11', 11 which are respectively connected with therings 5', 5 the disk 12, cylinder 13 and bottom 14 being rigidly attached together so as to rotate in unison when the motor is in operation.

The top of the base 20 is threaded to which is secured a nut 16 having an outer shouldered portion and an inner vertica flange 17. It tubular casing l8 encircles the flange 1? and rests on the shoulder of the nut ii, the top ot' the casing fitting under a depending V-shaped grom'e ot the said bottom it. whereh a closed chamlier is formed prevei an extraneous matter-- as the melted 'liips't roni entering ashes and contacting rings. .ie containiiur Jessel or rare a centre portion of or hopper 22.

e t' lfl an ooenin and securelv rasteued to the hottrnn it :u poss or holts l9. .ttlached respectivelv to th too and cottoui oi the bow is a re tical helicullr wo nd wire 525 the strands of which are special iv; V-shaned preiections in the same. 'lh ise wire iu r is covered with insulating e -ianiel, and is also insulated from the top and bottom plates it and '21 hr insulating strips prel'erahiy in the term ot' rings.

Inside o't" said ring I place a sectional hand ot tiat meta cut in narrow strip torm which metal strip is made bv heine; wound so as to have two paralle tlat side ces and curved at the top and bottom of loops so torined. and the adjacent convolutions almost touching each other and providing an interior flattened tuhular channel. This handconstituting my heating medium or ribbon-is made 't'roin metal having high electrical resistance so that when it is in circuitheat will be generated therethrongh. The ends ot said hand are respectivel v connected with th wires ll and 11 which are electr fall connected with the rings 5.

The lower end of the armature shalt may work on a ball hearing (it an}? suitable and desired description. The plate: a tached to the wires 11. ll extending awa troin the centre ot' the spinning bowl serve as a counterbalance to the blot-its ll diametrically opposite the same.

I provide a pan or receptacle for containing the spun cand preterahlv made in two parts so as to be collapsible. the said parts heing held together when in use by nieans of a pin 30 and also bf: the nut 16 which rigidly holds the vertical rim 29 ot' the bottom or" the pan 95) in operative position. Near the upper part of the base a rim 31 which nta he covered with a cushioning device. as felt on which the pan 29 rests.

In Figure 8 the electric circuits used by me are diagrammatically represented.

is moved to the posts 1 lVhen the handle 3 or S the electric motor 2 will be inoperative as it is tie-energized. Upon the said handle lzeing moved so that its stem 9 will contact the buttons 2 or 3 the power circuit current will flow through the wires 1 1 plate 8, through a part of the resistance 33 to the Wires 1, l and 1 and the motor will rotate at a con'iparativel v slow speed. \Vhen the stem a contacts either oi the l-Hti()!\il or 7- the wires attached to which are tapp d oil from. the said resislance-the motor will iorl: taster on account ot the decreased now in the circuit and upon the stem 9 contact o either ot the hnttons 5 or ii the uwill un at i'ull speed on account (it there being no resistance in these circuits.

i alsc utilize the switch il to control my heat-inc; medium in the tollowiu zf manner: ll henthe i. 'ited plate T so tar as the handle I-l concerned) is niovcl hv said handle so as to l e in contact with the arc shaped conducting plate t'v hvhich occurs when the stem contacts eithe oi the huttons -;lor --the heating circuit will become energj/ed and the current will tlow through the wires l l plates (5 and T and wires l3. i if and lthe brushes land rings 5 and wires ll and ii and heating medium 26 being in the same circuit. (the amount of heat generated being controlled by the nutnipulation ot' the handle of the rhecstat. 10'). thus cutting the heater into parallel circuit with the motor circuit.

it will thus he seen that the heating operz'ztion cannot be set up until. after the motor has started to run. and also that the said heating operation must he concluded he't'ore the. motor ceases to rotate. Furthermore when the heating operation is in force the motor is running at its highest rate of speed. as it rotates more slowlr when the stem 9 contacts the outer buttons 2. 3 and 7. Also according to my invention it is possible to vary the degree of heat given out by the heating medium without atl'ecting the power circuit.

The heating rihhon ili also serves for a double purpose. lst. as a heating medium, and 72nd, as a strainer, as the melted sugar is ejected through the interstices between the adjacent coils ot' the same in very thin strips which are caught. cooled and. retained in the pan 29. By the manipulation of the rheostat t0 the sugar in the spinning howl mar be maintained at a temperature slightly above the melting point of the sugar Wherelw the threads or strands are ejected from the container b v centrifugal force having the desired uniform fineness and without danger of burning the same or of causing the syrup to turn to caramel thus clogging up the interstices between the coils of the heating rihl'ion and impairing the efficiency of the apparatus.

hen the melted sugar is kept at the desired temperature the whirling motion of the spinning bowl spreads the syrup on the inner Face of the ribbon strainer in a tilm and will force the syrup through the small openings of the adjacent coils of the ribbon thus causing the melted sugar to be ejected in line threads or strands as it is thrown off.

Inasmuch as the heating current must be opened before the motor ceases its rotation it is manifest that in such a case the spinning bowl maybe placed in position without causing a short circuit occurring at the brushes and blowing out a fuse.

I wish it to be understood that I do notdesire to be limited to the particular use or the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to persons skilled in the art.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a power circuit and a heating circuit, of a single controlling switch therefor having a series of contacts and at one contact assuming a position whereby at first both circuits are Interrupted; at additional contacts assuming other positions whereby the power circuit is closed and continuously and progressively energized; at another contact assuming another position whereby at a predetermined point the heat ing circuit will be closed and both circuits will receive the maximum charge of the currents controlled by the switch; and at other contacts assuming other positions by which the heating circuit is opened and the power circuit is continuously and decreasingly energized and finally opened.

2. In a candy spinner, the combination with the driving motor and the heater, of a single means for first continuously and progressively turning the current on the motor alone and at a predetermined point also turning the current on the heater, and finally de-energizing the heater and continuously and decreasingly turning the current ofi' from the motor.

3. In a candy spinner, the combination with the driving motor located on a power circuit and the heater in parallel circuit therewith, of a single switch havin a series of contacts and connections for rst continuously and progressively turnin the current on the motor by some of sai contacts and at a predetermined point by other contacts turning the current on the heater, and finally dc-energizing the heater and continuously and decreasingly turning the current off from the motor.

4. In a candy spinner, the combination with the driving motor and the heater, of a single switch having a series of contacts, one portion of which switch serving to first contii'iuously and progressively turn the current on the heater and another part of the switch at a predetermined point serving to also turn the current on the heater, and the switch finally serving to de-energizing the heater and continuously and decreasingly turning the current 011' from the motor.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a spinner head and a driving motor and a heater and with contact supports and contacts for the latter and a protecting guard for the same intermediate the spinner head and the contact supports, of a single means for the first continuously and progressively turning the current on the motor and at a predetermined point also turning the current on the heater contacts, and finally de-energizing the heater and continuously and decreasingly turning the current ofl? from the motor.

6. In a candy spinner, the combination with the driving motor located on a power circuit and the heater in parallel circuit therewith, of a single switch and connections for first continuously and progressively turning the current on the motor and at predetermined points twice increasing the speed of rotation of the motor and turning the. current on the heater, and finally deenergizing the heater and continuously and decreasingly with three changes of speed turnin the current off from the motor, and also 0 means to vary the degree of heat given out by the heater without affecting the power circuit.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 8th day of February A. D. 1924.

JOHN PARCELL. 

